I'm just not a shoe girl.

I don't believe in voodoo.

I like meat on my bones.

I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.'

When people said Africa would change me, I didn't understand what they meant. To see the poverty in the townships, for instance, is overwhelming. I found it heart-wrenching to see young children walking barefoot and hungry in the dirt. I'm the kind of person who wants to change the world right here and now, so I got frustrated.

I was a homebody growing up.

Music is my home.

My family always says my voice is a gift – a precious jewel I inherited from my maternal grandma, Julia Kate Hudson. My sister and I used to joke that the ‘Kates’ in our family got all the talent.

My biggest thing is banana pudding, but it’s the devil! So no one is allowed to bring it into my house. Because I can’t control myself. So why put it in my domain?